Comments on: Oregon 9.0http://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/05/oregon-9-0/
A world of research at Oregon State UniversityThu, 22 Jan 2015 11:21:43 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.1By: Marian Hofhttp://oregonstate.edu/terra/2013/05/oregon-9-0/#comment-90426
Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:48:47 +0000http://oregonstate.edu/terra/?p=12963#comment-90426I have watched the program on Megaquakes on Knowledge Network here in BC a couple of times. It seems like our “Skytrain” which is an elevated, electric transit system might be vulnerable in a megaquake, it has been built over the past 40 years. Is there any data published on how well it might do in a megaquake? I also wondered how the now common tilt up concrete construction buildings would fare in a quake of 8.0 or larger, would the slabs likely fall in one piece, as they were erected, or would they be more apt to crumble?
As I live a short walk from my granddaughters elementary school ( which is 1 story, wood frame, on high, solid ground) I have arranged with my daughter to go and get the children if there is a major event. She and her husband both work for the same company which is located in a tilt up, 2008 constructed, building, on low, flood delta in Burnaby, BC, thus my interest in this type of construction.
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